Dr. Soumitra Basu
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Dr. Soumitra Basu, a practising psychiatrist and member of SAIIIHR, is the Director of a school of psychology, Integral Yoga Psychology. He is also one of the editors of NAMAH.
Articles by Dr. Soumitra Basu (119)
Consciousness: A Pluri-Dimensional Paradigm
By Dr. Soumitra Basu — Oct 15, 2026
“A Consciousness that knows not its own truth, A vagrant hunter of misleading dawns, Between the being’s dark and luminous ends Moves here in a half-light that seems the whole: An interregnum in...
The Physical Plane of Consciousness
By Dr. Soumitra Basu — Jul 15, 2026
“Caught in a blind stone-grip Force worked its plan And made in sleep this huge mechanical world That Matter might grow conscious of its soul…. (1)” Generally, when a psychologist uses the term...
Perception in Mystical Experience
By Dr. Soumitra Basu — Apr 24, 2026
Psychologists have formulated general principles of perceptual organisation and studied how humans perceive the world. The physical world of forms is a three-dimensional space that we perceive...
The Urge for Immortality
By Dr. Soumitra Basu — Jan 15, 2026
Death is seen not as a denial of life, but a process of life. Consciousness outlives the lifespan. The realisation of the immortality of soul was followed by the possibility of willed death.…
The Occult Resistance
By Dr. Soumitra Basu — Jan 15, 2026
The aspirant for personal growth, even after advancing long on the path, is always vulnerable to unforeseen, unexpected occult attacks. Paradoxically, some of these occult attacks may result when…